Programme for the transition to primary school – curiosity and creativity

Value in the World – A course on evolution and World Heritage for primary school pupils

The ‘Value in the World’ course combines scientific knowledge, aesthetic learning processes and reflection, with a focus on World Heritage, sustainability and humanity’s relationship with nature.

Pupils travel 66 million years back in time to when Stevns Klint lay beneath the sea in the vast Cretaceous Sea. Along the way, pupils reflect on value, traces of the past and humanity’s impact on the world today.
As part of the programme, pupils also venture out into the unique natural environment and landscape of Boesdal Limestone Quarry, where they experience the cliff, the sea and the area’s geology at close quarters. Here, they explore their surroundings and gather materials and impressions that link the site’s natural history to their own experiences, whilst also exploring animal adaptation, food chains and the balance of vulnerable ecosystems.
The programme concludes with a creative ‘technofossil’ workshop, where pupils explore the traces humans leave behind and how these will tell stories about our time in the future.

Year groups: Years 0–3

Subjects: Nature/Technology, Art

Duration: 2 hours

Please note: Please let us know if there are any special needs (e.g. reduced mobility) so that we can organise the programme as effectively as possible.

Skills and knowledge objectives

The pupil has knowledge of appropriate behaviour in the natural environment.

The pupil has knowledge of ways to investigate nature.

The pupil has knowledge of simple technical terms and concepts.

The pupil can relate knowledge from nature/technology to themselves and their immediate surroundings.

The pupil can create three-dimensional structures.

The pupil can create a sculpture.

The pupil has knowledge of materials and joining techniques for creating three-dimensional structures.